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I have two rooms that I want to remove the deviding wall. it…

I have two rooms that I want to remove the deviding wall. it is a load bearing wall

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Thed total room of the 2 rooms measures 25' by 14'. the ceiling joist run the 25 length they 2 X 6 on 16" centers. there is a joint in the 2 X 6's at 11' that is directily over the support wall I would like to remove. this is 10' wall height so I can have a beam under the joist in place of the wall. I need to know what kind and how big of beam to use

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We have a contractor in Ohio remodeling an old farmhouse that is bloom framed Want to remove a bearing wall and replace with steel beam floor joists are 2x10 floor joist span is 16 foot to the center … read more

My house is 28 ft x 60 ft long. Near the center of house is a kitchen that is 12ftx16ft, with a load bearing wall between it and living room. The living room is 16ft x 16 ft. Between the two rooms is … read more

i want to install a beam in my attic. it will span a distance of about 10 feet. my house is a single story ranch. the ceiling joist are 2 by 4 and they meet in the middle a few inches offset of the lo… read more

i would like to remove 8 feet of a load bearing wall. the house is one story brick, built in 63 with brick on concrete block. the roof is a hip roof, all open inside, just ceiling joists runing front … read more

I have a load bearing wall that I'm wanting to remove. The ceiling will be flush. Beam hidden in the attic. The span of wall I'm removing is 24'. Load bearing(LB) wall simply has the attic and roof ab… read more

I' m enlarginging a kitchen to encompass the breakfast room to enlarge kitchen area. Originally there was to be one beam to span an opening from 3.5' to a larger 8'. Now he wants to eliminate a wall i… read more

I am renovating a small house - 912 sq ft with a 1-car garage. The footprint is 24' x 52'. It has a hipped roof, and pretty low pitch - 3/12 I believe. It has typical attic trusses in the attic. The h… read more

Hi Pearl, I'm removing some 2x10s over a 21 foot load bearing wall span, to replace them with an i-beam (lower profile) for the home owner. I'm trying to work out how low profile I can go. Our local s… read more

I want to move a wall about 5 feet, it is not exactly a bearing wall, but it does contain a column that supports a header that the ceiling joist attach to. The clear span is 18.5 feet. I would like to… read more

Hello, I would like to install an LVL beam between my living room and kitchen, to open the floor space between the two rooms. The current non-load bearing wall that separates the two rooms, has two 2x… read more

I want to open up the wall between my kitchen and living room. The wall is load bearing. The joists are 2x4 16 inch oc and the attic is non storage non occupied. The attic does hold the HVAC ducts, el… read more

I have a load bearing wall that spans 24' Ceiling joist rest on wall. (No up stairs) Ranch home with gable roof. Center ***** ***** is over load wall. I would like to remove that wall and recess the b… read more

Hello, I am wanting to remove a load bearing wall in the center of a single story residential structure and replace with an LVL beam. This is a gable roof structure in Oklahoma, not much snow but some… read more

I have a vaulted ceiling & I'm trying to determine if a wall is a load bearing wall...Directly below the wall in the basement is the big beam that runs the entire length of the house. There is a suppo… read more

We are working on a two story house that has been gutted. There is a wall that runs 30ft. from the front of the house to the back. We want to remove 12ft. of that wall (Downstairs) and install a beam.… read more

This question concerns framing for a new attic room. The existing house is a 60 year old house with standard 2” x 4” wood stud framing. The house is a single story with a full, unfinished basement. Th… read more

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